Comprehensive circumscribing of non-linearity cases of a water supply system with smooth flow control

Archives of Hydroengineering and Environmental Mechanics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-30

  Orłowski, Ryszard ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Flow reducing valve; Non linearity of the system; Pressure reducing valve; Steady flows; Variable frequency drives; Water supply system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VALVES (MECHANICAL); WATER SUPPLY;

FLOW CONTROL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONLINEARITY; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33845708350     PISSN: 12313726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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